Refillable soap-stick.



H. D, DYE. 'REFILLABLE SOAP STICK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1911.

1,092,436, Patented Apr. 7, 1914,

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HARRY D. DYE, 0F SA'LX FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

REFILLABLE SOAY-STICK.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY D. DYE, a: citizenof the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented a new and usefulRefillable SoapStick, of which the following is a specification in suchfull and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art toconstruct and use the same.

This invention relates to a container for a soap stick, the top or coverof the container being made in a convenientform to serve as a handlewhen the soap is being used.

Another object of the invention is to provide the soap with a convenientcap whereby the soap may be applied to or removed from the handle atwill.

Another object of the .invention is to provide a device'wheri'iby alittle better class of container may be supplied than is possible wherethe container is sold with each stick of soap. This container may thenbecomeof permanent usefulness. it only being necessary to purchaserefills for the handle as the supply of soap is exhausted.

Soap is commonly sold with only a paper or tinfoil w apping, and thisaffords little protection to the soap stick and is soon softened,distorted or dirty, and is usually discarded before three fourths of ithas been used.

This invention seeks to provide mechanical means for-holding the soap tothe handle, said handle enabling the user to manipulate the soap withoutactually touching it. Another advantage of the device is that it enablesthe user to refill the box whenever necessary, capped refills-beinginserted in the handle when a stick has been used up.

A further object of the invention is to provide the means whereby thesoap may be securely attached to the cap which secures it in' place inthe handle. l-Ieretofore many attempts have been made to secure a stickof soap in some sort of a cap, or receptacle by molding or otherwise,but owing to thelarge shrinkage of the soap after it is molded, it isnot possible to secure it in the cap by such. a process. It thereforebecomes necessary to allow the soap to shrink after it has been moldedfor a considerable length of time, after which it must be secured in thecap by expanding the same therein, an opening being formed in. the capfor that purpose. v,

This ho'hlc gives the necessary grip to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 28, 1911.

Patented Apr. "7, 1914i.

Serial No. 646,495.

having the metal holding-cap on one end thereof.- The box provides asuitable receptacle for the soap when not in use, and since it ispurchased but once, it may be a little better than is possible whereanew box is sold with each stick of soap, to say nothing of the factthat the user after buying the first box is buying soap instead of a boxeach time.

In the drawings in which the same nu meral of reference is applied tothe same portion throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a plan Viewofone-half of one of the soap-holding caps, Fig. 2 is a side elevationof one of the soa holding caps, Fig. 3 is a sectional view 0 one of thesoap holding caps, Fig. lis a view of one of the soap sticks having thecap secured thereto, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the handle for thesoap, Fig. 6 shows the soap stick and handle secured together ready foruse, Fig. 7 shows the soap stick as it has been spread to secure thesame in the holding cap, Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the soap,handle, and box complete, and Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the deviceused for securing the cap to the soap stick.

The numeral 1 represents the cap, said cap having threads 2 formedtherein and having a straight groove 3 formed ther'earound to secure thesoap stickin place. In order to make possible the ready insertion of thesoap stick in the cap without the possibility of cutting into the soapon one side or the other, the cap is flanged outwardly as indicated at4, and since the soap stick is made of the same diameter as the insidediameter of the cap at the groove 3 the stick is very easily placed inthe cap, whereupon after being so placed in the cap, the soap 5 isplaced in the mold 6 and a blunt instrument 7 is forced through. theopening 8 of the cap to spr ad the soap out into the grooves of the capat the base thereof. The instrument 7 is carried by means of a lever 8,which lever is pivoted to a bracket 9 on the side of the mold 6. It i.1.; be notedthat prongs or other securing means are insuflicient to holdthe small cap and the stick of soap together, it being necessary tospread the end of the soap stick outwardly into the cap in order toproperly secure the two parts together. It is also to be noted that itis not practicable to mold the soap into such a cap for the reason thatit is necessary to make the soap of a size larger than the cap, and thento permit the same to cure during which operation the shrinkage of thesoap is such as to make impossible the securing of cap-and soap togetherat the time the mold ing takes place. As accomplished with thisinvention, the soap is molded of a size larger than will pass into thecap, whereupon it is permitted to cure for such a length'of time as maybe deemed necessary to allow for considerable shrinkage, after which thesoap is placed in the cap and secured thereto as noted herein. When thesoap is secured to the cap, the stick may be screwed into the handle 10.screwed into the box 11 and the stick is then complete and ready to beset away out of use, or to be used as may be desired.

, 7 Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desireto secureby Letters Patent of the United States, modifica- This handleis then in turn.

A soap-stick holder, comprising a tubular V case or box having one endclosed and the other end open, an internally threaded coveradapted tofit into said open end and having an extension forming a handle, asheet-metal holding cap adapted to receive a soap-stick, and having amain annular portion provided with threads indented in the Wall of themetal, and having an inwardly-directed flange forming a partially closedtop against which the soapstick may bear but leaving a central openingwhereby the material of the soap-stick may be expanded and forced intothe threads of the cap. a

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of JuneA. D. 1911, in the presence of the two subscribed Witnesses.

HARRY n. DYE. WVitnesses MARK LAN-E, WALTER L. BELDING.

